Noun:

ఫవేలా,

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Cantagalo–Pavão–Pavãozinho is a bairro (neighborhood), a grouping of two favelas in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located between the bairros.

In Rio de Janeiro especially, they are mostly associated with poor neighborhoods (favelas).

Zona Sul includes a number of favelas, such as Rocinha, close to São Conrado, Vidigal, close to Leblon, Cantagalo.

In recent years, due to its relative safety in comparison to other favelas, Rocinha has developed tourism-oriented activities such as hostels, nightclubs.

Drug lords who control trafficking in the Rio favelas as well as illicit gambling (Jogo do Bicho) are also said to contribute financially to schools, as many of them are guardians and controllers of shanty town life.

about 6 percent of the Brazilian population lived in favelas and other slums.

Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio de Janeiro, along with many other smaller favelas.

Funk carioca was popularized in the 1980s in Rio de Janeiro"s favelas, the city"s predominantly Afro-Brazilian slums.

Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo have large informal settlements known as favelas.

basically middle class and lower middle-class, including some shanty towns, (favelas).

Guanabara State as part of the policy to systematically remove slums (favelas) from the center of Rio de Janeiro and resettle their inhabitants in the.

systematically remove slums (favelas) from the center of Rio de Janeiro and resettle their inhabitants in the suburbs.

There are a few favelas, or slums, in the section.